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RJ’s Whip Contest – You Pick the Winner | OTSFF By Billy Rainford The final round of the 2017 Rockstar Energy MX Nationals took place at RJ Motosport Park (RJ’s) just north of Barrie, Ontario. I stood up the hill from the big, marquee jump and shot photos during free practice when the lighting was nice and the bikes were clean. I’ve got a ton of shots so I figured

Faces at the Races | Rockstar MX Nationals | RJ’s Round 10 | Race Tech By Billy Rainford Photos by Jeff McConkey, Emily Nicholson, and Billy Rainford It’s always with mixed emotions that we enter the final round of our Pro series. It’s exciting that we are on the verge of crowning a couple champions, but a little depressing that it means the end of yet another season of Rockstar

McThoughts | Rockstar MX Nationals | RJ’s Round 10 | MX1 By Jeff McConkey We went into the final round of the Championship with only 15 points between 1st and 2nd. After 19 motos, heading into the 20th and final moto the lead was down to 8. It was a great ending to a great season. We had multiple moto winners and overall winners in our most stacked 450 class

McThoughts | Rockstar MX Nationals | RJ’s Round 10 | MX2 By Jeff McConkey Well, it was almost a nail-biter of a finish – at least going into the 2nd moto, anyway. Shawn Maffenbeier entered the final round up 11 points on 2nd place Ryan Surratt. Shawn did what was needed to secure his first National Championship, and unfortunately, Surratt crashed out of moto 2 injuring his leg. The final

Photo Report | Rockstar MX Nationals | RJ’s Round 10 | OTSFF By Billy Rainford The 2017 Rockstar Energy MX nationals came to an exciting conclusion this past weekend at RJ Motosport Park in Barrie, Ontario. With neither class clinched, both points leaders were terrified to make a mistake, while the riders chasing them down wanted to do whatever they needed to make up the difference. The MX2 battle was

McThoughts | Women’s East MX Nationals | RJ’s Round 4 By Jeff McConkey As quickly as the 2017 Women’s East season has come, it has left us just as fast. We had great racing for the first 3 rounds, and the 4th was no different. Once again, our top 2 girls were on another level and set the bar really high. We had some good battles throughout the pack which